Suggestions for the restructuring of hanseniasis institutions in Brazil

Abstract

After seeking to establish the fact that the structures of institutions for the treatment of Hansen's disease are normally obsolete, archaic, and foster paternalism and sentimentality, the author proposes a restructuring of these institutions with the end of transforming them into modern hospitals. Basically, the author proposes a division of these institutions into three areas:
1. Hospital proper
2. Residential area
3. Asylum area
He then gives a definition for each of these and describes its principal activities.